Skanda Purana — Nagara Khanda, Shloka 43

Devanagari script

सन्निधानेन वै तस्याः क्रिया सर्वत्रशोभनाः । व्रजंति हि क्रियात्वं च चातुर्मास्ये विशेषतः

Transliteration

sannidhānena vai tasyāḥ kriyā sarvatraśobhanāḥ | vrajaṃti hi kriyātvaṃ ca cāturmāsye viśeṣataḥ

Translation

Durch ihre bloße Gegenwart werden alle Riten überall glückverheißend und schön; wahrlich erlangen sie ihre volle Wirkkraft, besonders während der heiligen Zeit des Cāturmāsya.

Word by Word

• sannidhānena: by (her) presence/nearby existence
• sannidhānena: Karana (Instrument/Means/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sam + nidhāna (प्रातिपदिक; from √dhā धातु, भाव/स्थान-नाम)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन

• vai: indeed
• vai: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vai (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed/emphatic)

• tasyāḥ: of her/of that (place)
• tasyāḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• kriyāḥ: rites/ritual acts
• kriyāḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• sarvatraśobhanāḥ: beautiful/auspicious everywhere
• sarvatraśobhanāḥ: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarvatra (अव्यय) + śobhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (kriyāḥ); अव्ययीभावः (sarvatra śobhanāḥ = everywhere-beautiful)

• vrajanti: go/attain
• vrajanti: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vraj (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, बहुवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• hi: indeed
• hi: Sambandha/Particle (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (indeed)

• kriyātvam: the state/validity of being a rite (ritual efficacy)
• kriyātvam: Karma (Object/Result/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kriyā (प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (तद्धित-प्रत्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धितान्त

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक (and)

• cāturmāsye: in the Cāturmāsya period
• cāturmāsye: Adhikarana (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cāturmāsya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• viśeṣataḥ: especially
• viśeṣataḥ: Kriya-visheshana (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: viśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + -tas (तद्धित/अव्ययीभाव-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकार/विशेषणार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (especially)

Speaker

Gālava (deduced from immediate narrative context continuing into vv. 48–52)

Tirtha Mahatmya

Type: kshetra

Visual Art Cues

Scene: A sacred presence enthroned or symbolically indicated; around it, householders and pilgrims perform varied rites—lamp-offering, water-libations, flower worship—while monsoon clouds mark Cāturmāsya.

Characters & Entities

• Cāturmāsya

FAQs

What is the primary spiritual lesson of this shloka?

Sacred proximity (to a holy object or presence) empowers and beautifies religious actions, with heightened potency in Cāturmāsya.

Which specific holy site (Tirtha) is glorified here?

The verse appears within a Tīrthamāhātmya context, but this line itself emphasizes sacred presence and Cāturmāsya rather than naming a specific tīrtha.

What ritualistic prescription is mentioned?

It highlights the special efficacy of performing rites during Cāturmāsya.